August Agenda Archives

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8/31/12
5th period extended instruction
(All) Turn in: MLA Citing Practice packet- even if you do not SEE me on Friday
  • Homework (all): Ishmael through book 2 (pg. 27 ebook) by class on Tuesday- quiz! AND reading log entries
  • Work on Fever Dreams (final draft due on Thursday of next week)

8/30/12
Turn in: Thursday Letter (4th period), Independent Reading choice
  • MLA Citing practice- questions
  • Ishmael: Reading Log Introduction, Chapters 5 and 6 (and 7?)
    • In your google docs, I shared a document with you called "Ishmael Reading Log"
    • Open this file and click on "file" "make a copy"- this will make a copy of the log on your drive called "Copy of Ishmael Reading Log"
    • Drag this file to your Ishmael folder
    • Rename document "Ishmael Reading Log" and start to fill it out!
  • Fill reading log out through chapter 4 IN CLASS
  • Homework: Finalize fever dream pieces, Be through Book 2 (pg. 27 ebook by class on TUESDAY- quiz!!!!)

8/29/12
  • Writing Prompt: What is the role of a teacher? What makes an effective teacher?
  • Reminder: hilarywiltshire@staff.craven.k12.nc.us is used ONLY for emailing assignments, all QUESTIONS should be directed to hilary.wiltshire@craven.k12.nc.us
  • Review: MLA format packet- questions?
  • Ishmael Book 1: Chapter 1
  • Homework: Ishmael- Book 1 Chapters 2-4 (through pg 13 ebook), MLA citing practice

8/28/12
  • Writing Prompt: Man and animal can live independently of one another. Do you strongly agree/agree/disagree/strongly disagree? Why?
  • Announcement: Class library is now open in Ms. Gaestal's room
  • Mini Lesson: MLA format- works cited, in-text citations
  • Ishmael Introduction.
  • Homework: MLA citing practice, flashcards for vocabulary words (extra credit on quiz), Ishmael anticipation guide

8/27/12
  • Expectations quiz
  • Work on Fever Dreams (will be looked at tomorrow)/Vocabulary set 2
  • Homework: Finish vocabulary set 2


8/24/12
4th period extended instruction
Picture day

8/23/12
Turn in: Thursday Letters (5th period)
  • Fever Dreams Peer Conferences- finish with peer conferences
  • Fever Dreams revisions (PWT- Protected Writing Time)/ teacher conferences (must have specifics to look at with your paper
  • Homework: Revise Fever Dreams

8/22/12
  • Writing Prompt:The only way to learn is through experience. Knowledge gained through books is secondhand wisdom that is biased and flawed. Only through firsthand experience can people gain true knowledge and increase their understanding of the world in a meaningful way. Is learning through experience usually the best way to learn? Justify your answer.
  • Fever Dreams Peer Conferences
  • Homework: Peer conferences on Fever Dreams (What can they add? How can they make their paper better? Sentence Structure? What kinds of details can they add? Connections? Grammar and spelling?)

8/21/12
  • Opening Activity: Review your vocabulary words for five minutes.
  • Announcements:
  1. Students who have not shared a folder with me through google docs must see me when they are finished with their quiz!
  2. Google docs should be opened in FIREFOX so that you can upload documents properly
  3. When uploading a file to google docs, please make sure it is saved as a "Microsoft Word 97/2000" file so that it can be viewed in google docs- .odt files have to be downloaded.
  • Vocabulary 1 Quiz
  • Work on Fever Dreams (PWT- Protected Writing Time)- Start to organize your story into a beginning, middle, and end. Make paragraphs. Revise for better word choice. Make sure it flows. Add details and description where appropriate. What is your story lacking?
  • Homework: Fever Dream draft. Tomorrow your Fever Dream should be NO LESS than one page long and have a beginning, middle, and end to it. Your draft should be typed and uploaded to your google docs folder in a new folder called "Writings."

8/20/12
1/2 day for ECE students- No RWWS
  • Homework: Study for your vocabulary quiz tomorrow!


8/17/12
3rd period Extended Instruction

8/16/12
Turn in: Vocabulary flashcards
Vocabulary Unit 1- turn in via googledocs folder with the title of "Vocabulary 1" in your vocabulary folder. Those of you that cannot access your gmail account will email the document with the same title as the subject line to hilarywiltshire@staff.craven.k12.nc.us )
Thursday Letters (4th period)- turn in via googledocs Thursday letters folder with the title "8/16/12". Those of you that cannot access your gmail account will email the document with the same title as the subject line to hilarywiltshire@staff.craven.k12.nc.us )
  • Writing Prompt: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" George Santayana. Do you think that studying the past is the best way to plan for the future?Justify your answer. (Flashcards check)
  • Marking your text activity- how did it go?
  • Vocabulary Review
  • Homework: Study vocabulary for quiz next Tuesday, submit fever dreams via googledocs in folder called "Writing" (you'll need to create this)

8/15/12
FRC East Field Trip
WD make-up: Puzzle activity, what is science?
Turn in: Marked up "Story of an Hour"
  • Homework: Vocabulary chart is extended until tomorrow, create vocabulary flashcards (word on one side, definition and part of speech on the other) bring your flashcards to class tomorrow!

8/14/12
The Story of An Hour.docx


8/13/12
Turn in: Writer’s Notebooks (graded for the personalization and this is the first check to make sure you are on track)
  • Writing Prompt:
  • Fever Dreams Part II
  • Homework: Finish typing fever dream, Vocabulary 1

8/10/12
  • CD Project- due for 2nd period WD on Friday, 8/17
    • Create a playlist of 15 songs that represent you. You will be given a CD to put these songs on. You will turn in your CD along with a typed list of songs (title and artist) as well as a 2-3 sentence description of why this song represents you.
  • What does it mean for...

8/9/12
  • Writing Prompt- Come up with a list of 10 significant life events for you (siblings being born, vacations, injuries, moves, etc)
  • Life time line with visuals
  • Fever Dreams- prewriting
  • Assigned: Vocabulary Set 1 (Go to Regular Assignments page to find the vocabulary chart)
    • abhor, abrasive, bigot, counterfeit, florid, kindle, noxious, placid, plagiarism, renown

8/8/12
Freshman get laptops!
Turn in: Summer Reading Assignments (both books!)
  • Writing Prompt: What was your favorite part of the last two days? Why? Why did we spend so much time on team building? What can you take from the last two days and use for the rest of the year?
  • Class library agreement- Independent Reading Assignments
  • Writer's Notebook Personalization- Due Monday 8/13

8/7/12
CCC Field Trip

8/6/12
ECU Ropes Course
  • Assignment: Reflection prompts in Writer's Notebook. Staple prompt to your first page


8/3/12
  • CD Project- due for 1st period WD on Friday, 8/10
    • Create a playlist of 15 songs that represent you. You will be given a CD to put these songs on. You will turn in your CD along with a typed list of songs (title and artist) as well as a 2-3 sentence description of why this song represents you.
  • What does it mean for...

8/2/12
  • Course Syllabus and information (how RWWS will work)
  • Library Cards
  • Summer Reading Update